Reconsidering psychiatric drugs

The Register Guard (Eugene, Oregon)
By Susan Palmer
When the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa came into Tracey Dumas’ life five years ago, it sounded like a good thing: a relatively new medication that would relieve her psychotic thoughts without the damaging side effects of the old drugs. Dumas was willing to try it.
But like many of the powerful [...]

Madigan turns up heat on disputed Zyprexa lawsuit

LegalNewsLine.com
by Rob Luke
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan has ratcheted up the pressure on pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly over a controversial drug-marketing lawsuit that has drawn fire from reform advocates.
Lawyers at the consumer protection division of the Illinois attorney general’s office last week demanded that company officials hand over documents concerning the marketing of [...]